World Cup News of the day

First Round
Alexander Motylev won 2-0 against Abobker Elarabi and proceeds to the next round, where he will face Rinat Jumabayev. You can see the game of day 1 here.
Ivan Cheparinov had a bye and he will face in round 2 Rasmus Svane.
Sam Shankland also had a bye and he will face Baadur Jobava in round 2. Had Jobava lost, Sam would face Abhi.
Jacob and I thought that Andre was on the way into a play-off after making a draw in a winning position in round 1, but unfortunately, he lost against Pavel Ponkratov 0.5-1.5 and is now eliminated.
Elshan Moradiabadi won 2-0 against Helgi Dam Ziska and will face MVL in round 2.
Murzin went into the first round as the underdog, but managed to win the play-off. In Round 2 he is playing local hero, Vladislav Artemiev. Watch here his fantastic reaction at the end of the play off. Hi five!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IUA1AqpdM

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Second Round, Game 1

Jumabayev, Rinat 1 - Motylev, Alexander 0
Jobava, Baadur 1/2 - Shankland, Sam 1/2
Moradiabadi, Elshan 1/2 - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2
Murzin, Volodar 1/2 - Artemiev, Vladislav 1/2
Svane, Rasmus 1 - Cheparinov, Ivan 0

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Second Round, Game 2

Motylev, Alexander 1/2 - Jumabayev, Rinat 1/2. Alexander is out of the tournament
Shankland, Sam 1 - Jobava, Baadu 0. Sam proceeds to the next round
Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 - Svane, Rasmus 1/2 Playoff
Murzin, Volodar 1/2 - Artemiev, Vladislav 1/2 Playoff
Moradiabadi, Elshan 1/2 - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2 Elshan is out of the tournament

Round 2 Play-offs

Volodar Murzin’s final score against Vladislav Artemiev was 1.5 vs 2.5 so he returns home. I am sure he will participate in many World Cups to come!
After more than 6 hours of playing, Ivan Cheparinov defeated Razmus Svane in the Armageddon and is advancing in the third round!
So for tomorrow I am cheering for Ivan and Sam :slight_smile:

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Check out the crazy time scramble (Ivan has 3 sec) and game here. https://youtu.be/Q_dF1Sy9CmM

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Impressive play!

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Round 3, Game 1

Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2 - Svidler, Peter 1/2
Shankland, Sam 1/2 - Areshchenko, Alexander 1/2

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Round 3, Game 2

Svidler, Peter 1/2 - Cheparinov, Ivan 1/2
Areshchenko, Alexander 1/2 - Shankland, Sam 1/2

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Round 3, play-offs

Ivan unfortunately is out of the tournament, with a final score 1.5 vs 2.5 for Peter Svidler.
Sam Shankland won against Alexander Areshchenko with a final score 2.5 vs 1.5 and he is going to face Rinat Jumabayev.

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Sam, after a very long game, won against Areshchenko today! Jumabayev, Rinat vs. Shankland, Sam | FIDE World Cup 2021 | chess24.com

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Wow, Sam also won from Peter Svidler, awesome!!

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Yes. Looks like that homework… works. Best get on with it…

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Yes, yes, yes! Sam won against Peter Svidler and is in the Quarterfinal! And he is No 27 in the world with a live rating of 2718.8!


Very, very happy and proud of him!
Here is the interview with Peter for round 5.1 after the draw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po4hbW8gLF4
And here is Sam’s interview after his win https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xixlo3O41mk
What do you think? MVL or Karjakin will face Sam in the next round?

In the other matches,
Esipenko ½ : ½ Carlsen
Duda ½ : ½ Grischuk
Karjakin ½ : ½ Vachier-Lagrave
Durarbayli 0 : 1 Vidit
Shankland 1 : 0 Svidler
Ivic ½ : ½ Fedoseev

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Well done Sam! I don’t think he cares who he faces, nobody to fear now.

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1-0!! Sam calculated better than the engine! Shankland, Sam - Karjakin, Sergey 1-0

In the other matches of the World Cup QuarterFinal,
Bacrot, Etienne - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 0.5-0.5
Tabatabaei, M.amin - Fedoseev, Vladimir 0.5-0.5

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The post game interview with Sam https://youtu.be/W6A6UiyhwXY

Sam had a difficult day today, Let’s hope he can come right back to continue his great performance. Karjakin, Sergey vs. Shankland, Sam | FIDE World Cup | 2021 | chess24.com

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Yes, let’s hope he will succeed and proceed to the semifinals to face Fedoseev!
Only Sam and Sergei will go to play off tomorrow; Magnus, Duda and Fedoseev all proceed.

The journey stops here for Sam, and Kajakin proceeds to the semifinal, where he will face Fedoseev.

He had a great game 3, even prompting Nigel Short to wonder if this victory was born in Scotland, with mention of training with Jacob.

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